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Definition of Duck down
1. Noun. Down of the duck.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duck Down
Literary usage of Duck down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"... when all at once a sudden shift in the sail obliged him to duck down into the
bottom of the boat, and, at the same time, occasioned the loss of his hat, ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"What he done, when he felt the hot whiz of the fryin'-pan, was to duck down close
and pull his head in like an old turtle. It come up again, though, ..."
3. The American Sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1906)
"... the water for an instant, and duck down again before a snap-shot could get a
range on them even with a light partridge-gun, let alone a heavy duck-gun. ..."
4. A Danish-English Dictionary by James Stephen Ferrall, Þorleifur Guðmundsson Repp (1845)
"... en. hewing etc. va to beat —, drive down. , V. ». to drip —, drop down.
— en, dripping. vi to dive —, duck down. j v. a- to dip, immerse. ..."
5. The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning (1898)
"Guido, at such a general duck-down, P the breathing-space, — of wife to convent
here. Priest to his relegation, and himself To Arezzo, — had resigned his ..."
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